Sarasi Kumar Saraswati Explained

Sarasi Kumar Saraswati
Birth Date:	1906
Birth Place:	Rajshahi, Bengal, British India
Death Place:	Kolkata, India
Citizenship:	Indian
Nationality:	Indian
Fields:	History of architecture History of art
Workplaces:	Varendra Research Society University of Calcutta Banaras Hindu University Victoria Memorial
Alma Mater:	University of Calcutta
Known For:	Art and architecture of early Bengal Early Sculptures of Bengal A Survey of Indian Sculpture History of Indian architecture History of Bengal architecture

Sarasi Kumar Saraswati (1906–1980) was an Indian historian of art and architecture.^[1]

Early life and education

Saraswati was born in Rajshahi, British India. He received a MA in 1930 from the University of Calcutta in Ancient Indian History and Culture.

Positions

• Research Scholar, Varendra Research Society, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
• Lecturer and Reader, Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India
• First Professor and Head of the Department of Archaeology, University of Calcutta.
• Professor and Head of the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
• Librarian of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta
• Curator, Victoria Memorial, Calcutta

Publications

Books

• A survey of Indian sculpture (1975)^[2]
• Architecture of Bengal (1976)^[3]
• Indian art at the cross-roads (1973)^[4]
• Glimpses of Mughal architecture in: A. Goswami (ed) (1953)^[5]
• Pal Juger Chitrakala
• Tantrayāna art: an album (1977)^[6]

Book chapters

He authored the chapters on architecture in the following books.

• History of Bengal, vol. I, (ed. by RC Majumdar)
• The History and Culture of the Indian People, (ed. RC Majumdar)
• Comprehensive History of India, vol. II (ed. KA Nilakanta Shastri)
• Comprehensive History of India, vol. III (ed. RC Majumdar)
• Jaina Art and Architecture, (ed. A Ghosh).

Articles

• Articles on the art and architecture of early Bengal, in the Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1932-34

See also

• List of architectural historians

Notes and References

1. Book: Chakravarti, Ranabir . 2012 . Saraswati, Sarasi Kumar . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Saraswati,_Sarasi_Kumar . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
2. Book: Google Books . 28 July 2011 . Saraswati . Sarasi Kumar . 1975 .
3. Book: Google Books . 28 July 2011 . Saraswati . Sarasi Kumar . 1976 .
4. Book: Google Books . 28 July 2011 . Saraswati . Sarasi Kumar . 1973 .
5. Book: Google Books . 28 July 2011 . Saraswati . Sarasi Kumar . 1953 .
6. Book: Google Books . 9788172361365 . 28 July 2011 . Saraswati . Sarasi Kumar . 1977 .